Posted by KaraS on December 9, 2004, at 16:03:38
In reply to AD's and effect on hormones. Ladies, anybody else?, posted by h on December 9, 2004, at 12:37:02
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> I have been taking Lexapro since June. It's been working real well. Recently I upped my dose from 10 to 20 mg on account of I get real down around the holidays. I was feeling pretty okay.
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> Then this monday, after 4 years of chemically induced menopause (chemo makes you go into menopause sooner, and I've had a lot of it as a three time breast cancer survivor) I woke up with a period. Not much of one, but since I'm also on tamoxifen for the b.c, and bleeding could be a sign of uterine cancer, I called my dr's office and they sent me for a sonogram.
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> The woman tech who did the sonogram was really nice, and when I told her why I was there, four years, no period and suddenly here I was, she said "I had the same thing happen to me, only three years no period. I had to get a sonogram and everything and it turned out to be nothing."
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> Well, for some reason I said "I recently started taking more lexapro."
> And SHE said "What do you know? I just upped my paxil!"
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> Later when I saw my gyn, he said yes, for some reason ADs can affect you.
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> I'm wondering has anybody else had this, and if so, didyou keep on having a period? I'm not really supposed to. It's not a great idea in my case.
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> Or if you've had anything happen funny in your cycle. Please write back.
> h
In fact, there was a whole group of women who used to hang out on the social board. The common factor that brought them together as a group was their experiences with Lexapro and it's hormonal effects on them.
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